An episode about the creation of the middle class in America as a response to violence and to hold off the rise of Communism.Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on InstagramOr follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blogEmail me at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episode.Additional Reading:The Wages of Whiteness, by David R RoedigerWhere Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, by Martin Luther King JrBlack Reconstruction in America, by W.E.B. DuboisStrangers in Their Own Land, by Arlie Russell HochschildQuotations in this episode taken from: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/31/trump-white-working-class-history-216200/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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